Healthy beverages may reduce the genetic risk of abdominal obesity and related metabolic comorbidities: a gene-diet interaction study in Iranian women

Table 4 Mean and SD of anthropometric measurements and metabolic factors according to tertile categories of GRS

Variables†	GRS
Variables†	T1	T2	T3	P-value	P-value _b
Age (years)	36.51 ± 8.90	36.12 ± 8.40	36.46 ± 8.36	0.96	0.85
Body weight (Kg)	79.84 ± 10.74	78.32 ± 11.42	80.52 ± 11.91	0.57	0.74
Anthropometric measurements
BMI (Kg/m²)	30.08 ± 3.49	30.42 ± 3.49	31.46 ± 4.23	0.07	0.15
WC (cm)	97.16 ± 8.89	97.08 ± 9.11	99.01 ± 10.31	0.40	0.44
WHR (ratio)	0.92 ± 0.05	0.92 ± 0.04	0.93 ± 0.05	0.66	0.51
Metabolic factors
FBS (mg/Dl)	87.26 ± 9.25	85.73 ± 6.74	87.22 ± 11.33	0.67	0.59
Total cholesterol (g/dl)	183.52 ± 31.48	180.90 ± 31.00	173.71 ± 32.73	0.21	0.20
TG (mg/dl)	119.32 ± 57.27	108.73 ± 51.49	129.33 ± 78.80	0.28	0.37
HDL (mg/dl)	48.02 ± 9.14	49.07 ± 11.16	45.30 ± 9.35	0.12	0.17
LDL (mg/dl)	100.33 ± 20.45	99.73 ± 22.63	93.61 ± 22.27	0.17	0.15

SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist height ratio, FBS fasting blood sugar, TG Triglyceride, LDL Low density lipoprotein, HDL High density lipoprotein, CHO/HDL total cholesterol/ high density lipoprotein
a: BMI considered as collinear and this variable adjusted for Age, physical activity, and total energy intake
b: Adjusted for age, BMI, physical activity, and total energy intake
p < 0.05 was considered significant
^† Calculated by analysis of variance (ANOVA)

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